Plate Tectonics

ACCRETION
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BOUNDARY
CONTINENTAL
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CORE
CRUST
DENSITY
DIVEREGENT
ISLANDARC
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGE
OCEANIC
PALEOMAGNETISM
PANGEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
RIFTVALLEY
RIFTZONE
STRAOVOLCANO
SUBDUCTION
SUPERCONTINENT
SUTUREZONE
THERRMAL
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY
TRANSFORMFAULT
TRENCHES

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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ACCRETION  1110sw
ASTHENOSPHERE  55e
BASALT  18n
BOUNDARY  1212se
CONTINENTAL  217n
CONVECTION  2010s
CONVERGENT  127sw
CORE  1115sw
CRUST  2015w
DENSITY  1811sw
DIVEREGENT  193w
ISLANDARC  167sw
LITHOSPHERE  1719w
MANTLE  311se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  520ne
OCEANIC  39se
PALEOMAGNETISM  1820w
PANGEA  97se
PLATE  1820nw
PLATETECTONICS  1719nw
RIFTVALLEY  44e
RIFTZONE  1915n
STRAOVOLCANO  37se
SUBDUCTION  96e
SUPERCONTINENT  77e
SUTUREZONE  918ne
THERRMAL  48n
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111se
TRANSFORMFAULT  33s
TRENCHES  2016nw